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Sister Evelyn Ovalles celebrating 25th Jubilee
One Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, is celebrating her 25th Jubilee this year. The Congregation will honor Sister Evelyn with a celebration on Sunday, August 21. Sister Evelyn Ovalles is a native of Polillo, Quezon, Philippines. Her most recent ministry was as a volunteer at Top Box Food in Chicago. However, she will soon begin a ministry as a pastoral associate at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Chicago. Sister Evelyn entered the Congregation on Sept. 15, 1997, from...
The Season of Creation 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
...Spirit to inflame our hearts with extraordinary love for all creation. Pray that love, mercy and justice will overflow into the lives of all who seek shelter from climate disaster, wildfires, and gun fire. Reflect how the power of fire can generate warmth, cook food and call forth contemplation as well as destroy life. Act to lobby for restoration of forests and wild life habitats. Share your experience of that with the Climate Change Task Force. Contact us at cctflist@spsmw.org....
Season of Creation 2022: Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
...housing, food, etc. The concept of intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality intersect to disproportionately impact our disadvantaged sisters and brothers. Resources Here are some resources for preparing to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis and further our understanding of Climate Intersectionality: “Eco-Spirituality: Behold God in Everything!” Season of Creation Celebration Guide 2022 2022 Season of Creation Celebration Guide in multiple languages Dominican Center: Spirituality for Mission In addition, a special St. Francis liturgy will be celebrated...
Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
...Ecology at the Heart of Faith: The Change of Heart That Leads to a New Way of Life on Earth, by Denis Edwards Food & Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread, edited and compiled by Michael Schut Harm Not the Earth, by Megan McKenna (Scripture based) Love God, Heal Earth, by The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, by Katharine Hayhoe The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes...
HOPE fall 2022 — Living the Gospel today
...energy and vision to discern how I might best fulfill the mission you have entrusted to me this day … Sisters continue care for neighbors in need “I just fell into it, but it’s been the most rewarding ministry I’ve ever had,” Sister Joseph said of her ministry at Providence Food Pantry. “We’re all working for God.” Saint Mother Theodore’s guidance among the troubles an blessings of change When we feel overwhelmed by the troubles and blessings of change, who...
Border Stories: Opening the Door to the Kingdom God Wants
...alternative. They had every right to wallow in disappointment or resentment. Yet they chose instead to celebrate the fact that their companions had reached safety. Families in migration have shown me the Kingdom that God wants over and over: Through surprise birthday parties, the way moms care for each other’s children, their joy in sharing foods and traditions from their hometowns and their willingness to speak vulnerably about why they are here. I believe deeply that our decisions not to...
Season of Creation 2022: Most Important Actions We Can All Do
...us here and now, in ways that are dear to us and relevant to our lives today … And then we start to look for solutions, like reducing food waste and eating more plants, biking or walking. Then people will feel empowered and keep pushing for more change.” Resources for Talking about Climate Change Katherine Hayho’s TED talk: The most important thing you do to fight climate change: talk about it More video links from Katherine Hayhoe Pal Hawken, in...
2022 Season of Creation: Love of Creation Impels Us!
...communities. We continued as we invited the Holy Spirit to inflame our hearts with extraordinary love for all creation so that love, mercy and justice will overflow into the lives of all who seek shelter from climate disasters and gunfire. We came together in our care for agriculture and its impact on climate change as we explored food relationships and committed to the spirit of Meatless Meals and more. We prepared to celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi...
A reflection for the Providence Associate Commitment Ceremony
...justice – as advocates for victims of domestic abuse and for planet Earth. You are volunteers in food pantries and soup kitchens, at cancer resource centers and your local precinct. Some of you have been tutoring prisoners and persons with disabilities. ‘You Are Enough’ You have companioned children with special needs and taken teens to Appalachia. A good many of you are supportive parents and grandparents. And most of these activities have been done in addition to your day jobs....
Oral history: the adventures and challenges of Sister Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, SP
Sister Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer “When I look back over the years of the variety of ministries, I see them as challenging but adventuresome. My last ministry of being a pastoral associate was involved with serving older adults: food pantry, ministry of care and visiting the sick, communion services, etc. These were all things I enjoyed tremendously. God’s love throughout the years has sparked my life and made it more interesting. Life flows like a river: smooth, bumps, twirls, spinning on...
What brought you here?
...Providence Associate from her parish had invited her to consider it. Yet another said she had been taught by the Sisters of Providence and has stayed connected for many, many years. One said she is a member of Central Christian Church in Terre Haute, and so many other members are Providence Associates that is just seems like the natural next step for her to become a Providence Associate. Another said she had worked with the food service at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
Thanksgiving reflection 2022: Grateful in Uncertain Times
...the Providence Community, for a friend, and for yourself. Write a gratitude letter to yourself or someone else once a week. Set a goal for yourself to tell someone every day that you appreciate them. Light a gratitude candle at dinner time, and ask each person to say something they are grateful for that day. Create and give a “Gratitude Basket” to a family – at a food pantry, in your neighborhood, or as part of an outreach endeavor. Blessings...